Spacing member for type line setting and printing machines



F. J. WEBER April 27, 1937-;

SPACING lMEMBER FOR TYPE LINE SETTING AND PRINTING MACHINES Filed June 30, 1936 Patented Apr. 27, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SPACING MEMBER FOR TYPE LINE SETTING AND PRINTING MACHINES Application June 30, 1936, Serial No. 88,216 In Switzerland July 12, 1935 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a spring spacer for spacing set type lines in line setting and printing machines. It is known to use single leaf springs which, when curved longitudinally of the spacer, are applied at their ends against the spacer body and do not project over the surface of the spacer.

In contrast thereto the spring spacer of the present invention comprises, in combination, a delivery gearing and a plurality of superposed leaf springs curved longitudinally of the spacer and which are attached together to the spacer body, whereby the ends of the spring project from the spacer body and extend with their part directed toward the delivery gearing into the path between the two rows of teeth.

By means of suitable delivery gearing the spacers can be passed, before and after use, into one or more passages of the type magazine. The use of a plurality of thin springs on the spacer, as compared with only one, correspondingly thick, spring provides smoother spring action and avoids danger of breaking. Thereby the springs, by reason of their end portions standing off from the spacer body and because one end thereof lies in the path between the two tooth rows of the delivery gearing, in which path the type of the die comes to position, aid in retaining the dies in the longitudinal direction of the line.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment A of the invention and Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.

'Ihe body of the spacing member l shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is provided with the recesses la and holes Ib necessary for partitioning and restoring with combination teeth lc which correspond to those of the type. Three leaf springs 2 are xed by means of two rivets 3 in a recess ld so that the sum of the threefold thickness of the leaf spring and of the thinner portion of the body of the spacing member provides the smallest space between words.

I claim:

1. Spring spacer for line setting and printing machines comprising in combination a body having a delivery gearing provided with two rows of combination teeth spaced apart, and a plurality of superposed springs bent in the longitudinal direction of the spacer body and attached together at the spacer body, whereby the ends of the springs stand oli from the spacer body and extend with their part directed toward the delivery gearing adjacent the space between the tWo rows of teeth.

2. Spring spacer for line setting and printing machines comprising in combination a body having substantially iiat sides and having a delivery gearing provided with two rows of combination teeth spaced apart, and a plurality of superposed springs bent in the longitudinal direction of the spacer body and attached together at the spacer body, whereby the ends of the springs stand off from the spacer body and extend with their part directed toward the delivery gearing adjacent the space between the two rows of teeth.

3. Spring spacer for line setting and printing machines comprising a spacer body having a 1ongitudinally extending groove in one side of constant depth, said body having delivery gearing provided with two rows of teeth spaced apart, and a plurality of superposed springs bent in the longitudinal direction of the spacer body and attached together at the spacer body, whereby the ends of the springs stand oi from the spacer body and extend with their part directed toward the delivery gearing adjacent the space between the two rows of teeth.

4. Spring spacer for line setting and printing machines comprising in combination a body having a delivery gearing provided with two rows of combination teeth spaced apart, and a plurality of superposed springs bent in the longitudinal direction of the spacer body and attached together at the spacer body, whereby the ends of the springs stand oi from the spacer body and extend with their part directed toward the delivery gearing adjacent the space between the two rows of teeth, said body also having slots and openings for classiiication purposes.

FRITZ JULIUS WEBER. 

